The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COGWHEEL
gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
(noun) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cogwheel (plural cogwheels)
A gear wheel
(When used attributively) Something behaving in similar, jerky, manner as a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine
Synonyms
• gear wheel
• cog
• gear
Hypernyms
• wheel
Source: Wiktionary
Cog"wheel`, n.
Definition: A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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